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Jun. 19, 2026

Breyer questions Musk bid to overturn $2.6B securities fraud verdict

Senior U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer faulted Elon Musk's attorneys for attacking the plaintiffs' damages model after declining to present its own expert testimony.

Senior U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer on Monday criticized Elon Musk's attorneys for asking him to overturn a jury verdict based on alleged flaws in the plaintiffs' damages model after the defense declined to present its own expert.

"I didn't foreclose you from bringing in an expert, which I assume you could afford, to demonstrate his opinion was wrong," Breyer told Quinn Emanuel partner Jesse A. Bernstein. Giuseppe Pampena v. Elon R. Musk, 3:...

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